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The right wing is salivating over the possibility that a new Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade. If that happens, it won't reduce the number of abortions, only who does them: a doctor or a friend with a coathanger.
The right wing is salivating over the possibility that a new Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade. If that happens, it won't reduce the number of abortions, only who does them: a doctor or a friend with a coathanger.
I agree it won’t actually eliminate abortions, but I disagree why. States will be able to still permit them, and there will be plenty of states that do. Now whether or not abortion is permitted in a state will start to work the way that should have been taking place all along based on the constitution.
For the record, I am not anti-choice. I am anti-federal hijacking of states’ rights.
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I agree it won’t actually eliminate abortions, but I disagree why. States will be able to still permit them, and there will be plenty of states that do. Now whether or not abortion is permitted in a state will start to work the way that should have been taking place all along based on the constitution.
For the record, I am not anti-choice. I am anti-federal hijacking of states’ rights.
Abolishing abortions in a state or nationwide will simply result in women getting the procedure done in an unsafe environment by people lacking the proper medical expertise. It is the same way that outlawing something simply results in people finding another way to obtain it.
The right wing is salivating over the possibility that a new Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade. If that happens, it won't reduce the number of abortions, only who does them: a doctor or a friend with a coathanger.
That's untrue. The number of abortions is well up in rate since legalization. Many women are actually deterred by the thought of a crude instrument.
That's untrue. The number of abortions is well up in rate since legalization. Many women are actually deterred by the thought of a crude instrument.
Not true. Desperate people do desperate things and you can't say with a straight face that the rate of abortions went up after legalization because back alley abortions were not tracked. I personally know a person who died from a back alley abortion when we were in high school. Safe, legal and rare is what we should all be working towards. Making abortions illegal is not going to change the reasons why woman and couples seek them.
Abortions have been taking place since biblical times when they'd drop large rocks on bellies. They aren't going to stop just by changing the law. All we'll do is return to dangerous back alley abortions that will kill and maim woman and fill up our prisons with women and people who try to preform legal abortions. Returning the issue to states is a joke. Poor women won't be able to afford going.
Last edited by Wayland Woman; 06-29-2018 at 10:04 AM..
A Roe vs Wade repeal would impact privacy issues, it would not implement a federal ban on abortions. At most it will allow some red states to ban abortions and wait until they get challenged under the 14th equal protections amendment. At which point unless the scotus legally defines birth at conception and argue equal protection for the fetuses which I guess would be a possibility there is really no grounds for a federal ban. It seems to me that resources would be better spent on establishing ngos to assist red state citizens to secure abortion services in a blue state
Roe vs. Wade will stand, perhaps with eventual small changes to allow states more discretion. I believe the law allowing states to limit abortion to the first trimester is fair and settled.
I would like to see this more settled, hopefully seeing the left stop celebrating such a monstrous thing.
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